by Tim | Dec 3, 2025 | Advocacy & Social Justice, Family & Relationships, Lived Experience & Empowerment, Self-Care & Wellness
Someone recently told me that they felt like they were “the glue” holding their relationship together. The comment lingered in my mind longer than expected. Not because it was profound, but because it echoed something I had lived without ever naming. If glue is the...
by Tim | Nov 5, 2025 | Family & Relationships, Lived Experience & Empowerment, Trauma & Healing
People often laugh when they hear that I have eight children, and their surprise deepens when I reveal that I never intended to have children. I typically respond with a smile and state, “I would choose them all again if given the opportunity.” But I often...
by Tim | Oct 19, 2025 | Lived Experience & Empowerment, Trauma & Healing
People love to live behind smoke and mirrors. They craft illusions, not out of hatred, but out of fear. They fear the possibility of the curtain falling and revealing their true selves. The show is raw, unfiltered, and tired of you. Someone might flinch. Someone might...
by Tim | Sep 30, 2025 | Lived Experience & Empowerment
To my kids, There are so many parts of fatherhood that a lot of people never talk about, that we never expect to experience. Things such as big events, the different milestones, or the moments with cameras flashing and crowds cheering. But the truth is, it’s the quiet...
by Tim | Sep 30, 2025 | Addiction & Recovery, Family & Relationships, Lived Experience & Empowerment, Trauma & Healing, Uncategorized
There’s a kind of love that feels like holding a mirror up to someone who refuses to look. You try to show them their worth, their beauty, their goodness. They always turn away, convinced they don’t deserve any of it. Loving someone who doesn’t believe they deserve to...
